Paolo Perini, Mauro Gargiulo, Roberto Silingardi, Stefano Bonardelli, Raffaello Bellosta, Gabriele Piffaretti, Stefano Michelagnoli, Mauro Ferrari, Giorgio Ubaldo Turicchia, Antonio Freyrie, Anna Fornasari, Erica Mariani, GianLuca Faggioli, Paolo Spath, Mattia Migliari, Stefano Gennai, Barbara Paro, Paolo Baggi, Luca Attisani, Matteo Pegorer, Marco Franchin, Francesca Mauri, Emiliano Chisci, Nicola Troisi, Elisa Paciaroni, Mara Fanelli
We report a multicenter experience of open conversions (OC) for aortic endograft infections (AEI). We retrospectively analyzed all patients who underwent OC for AEI after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), from 1997 to 2021 in 12 Italian centers. The endpoints were as follows: mortality (30-days, in-hospital), major postoperative complications. Follow-up data included: survival, aortic-related complications, infection persistence or reoccurrence. Fifty-eight patients (mean age: 73.8 ± 6.6 years) were included...
October 11, 2023: Angiology